Thursday, January 24, 2008

Grammar Basics: Unit 10 – “was” and “were” (Solutions)

Exercises: Make sentences by using the correct form of was/were.

Example:

skinny / the dog ==> The dog was skinny.
Bob / hungry / not ==> Bob wasn’t hungry.
not / Sally / sleepy ? ==> Wasn’t Sally sleepy?

1. The dishwasher was broken.

2. It was rainy last week.

3. My pencil was red.

4. Mary was invited to the party.

5. That restaurant was expensive.

6. Were the lights off?

7. Joe was attacked by a dog.

8. They were late for their appointment.

9. Was the laundry done?

10. The books were donated to the boys’ club.

11. I was first place in the competition.

12. Weren’t you at the library?

13. The waiter was tired from working all day.

14. Weren’t Tim and Tom in the swimming pool?

15. The cat was stuck in a tree.

16. Wasn’t Tom in class?

17. The house was sold last week.

18. Wasn’t the stove turned off?

19. The pop machine was out of order.

20. Weren’t the windows clean?

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